Improvement in overshoes



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Letters Patent No. 94,531, dated September 7, 1869.

4IMIEIIROVIElMIlNT IN OVERSHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

- the place where the heel O would naturally be, with an elastic opening, so that the heel ofthe boot or shoe, upon which the overshoe is worn, can pass through said opening, as is represented in the accompanying drawing representing the overshoeA, placed upon the Ygaiter G, the heel h of said gaiter protruding through the opening in the heel of the overshoe A.

Around the opening iu the overshoe, I have an elastic flange, 'r r r, that will clasp tightly around the heel that passes through the opening in the heel of the overshoe.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I have the back part of the overshoe, or all that part which lies back ofthe dotted line a composed of' soft elastic inate1'ial,.or.-India rubber, so that it will adhere closely to the boot upon which it is worn.

`The part C, that lies under the hollow of the foot, near the heel, is to be made so that it will lit closely to the boot at C', and the opening, in the heel of the overshoe is to be made small, and the iiange r fr, around it, is to be made strong and elastic, so that it will clasp tightly around the heel that protrudes through it, so as to make it water-tight.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The elastic opening in the heel of the overshoe, and the flange, made furthe purpose of claspiug tightly around the heel of the bootor shoe' upon which the overshoe is worn, for thev purposes and inthe manner lsubstantially as above set forth.

Witnesses: A. G. WATERHOUSE.

WM. OUMMLNGS,

ELIAS GRUHLER. 

